Celltrion has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its autoimmune disease treatment drug Steqeyma, a biosimilar of Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for its lead clinical-stage program, IMM-1-104, as a treatment for patients with unresectable or metastatic NRAS-mutant melanoma who have progressed on or are intolerant to PD-1/PD-L1-based immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Scientists from RMIT University and the Doherty Institute in Australia have developed a new blood test that could screen cancer patients to help make their treatment safer and more effective.
Checkpoint Therapeutics’ UNLOXCYT (cosibelimab-ipdl) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma or locally advanced cSCC who are not candidates for curative surgery or curative radiation.
FDA identified cases of serious liver injury among patients being treated for primary biliary cholangitis with Ocaliva who did not have cirrhosis of the liver.
Results of a trial of GSK’s experimental cancer drug Blenrep showed that the drug used in combination with other treatments reduced the risk of death by 42 percent in multiple myeloma, at or after first relapse, compared to an existing treatment.
A new study published in the journal Vaccine, shows that receiving a COVID-19 vaccine could reduce the risk of developing long COVID if it’s administered five months before an infection.
Biocon Biologics has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for YESINTEK, a monoclonal antibody for the treatment of autoimmune conditions, including Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Y
New research led by investigators at Mass General Brigham suggests vaccination closer to 32 weeks of pregnancy, rather than the current guidelines of between 32 and 36 weeks, will better protect pregnant women’s newborns against respiratory syncitial virus (RSV).
Johnson & Johnson’s anti-FcRn antibody nipocalimab is the first investigational therapy to be granted breakthrough therapy designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe Sjögren’s disease.
A population-based study conducted by researchers from the Republic of Korea found a significantly higher risk of developing autoimmune and autoinflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, Crohn’s disease, and alopecia, among individuals who had COVID-19, with risks particularly elevated for those with severe cases, Delta variant infections and those who were unvaccinated.
New research suggests autoantibodies in the nasal cavity may predict the severity of COVID-19 disease.